obesity
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Department of Psychosomatic Medicine, Kyushu University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1)Patiens visiting the surgery clinic of Kyushu University Hospital, meeting the eligibility criteria for bariatric surgery (listed below). (2)Patients that are able to understand the study protocol, and participate with informed concent. (3)Patients over the age of 20 when informed concent is given. Eligibility Criteria for Bariatric Surgery: 1)Patients aged 20 to 65 years with primary obesity 2)Inability to achieve significant weight loss or no improvement of obesity-related comorbidities despite more than 6 months of conservative treatments, and i. For bariatric surgery (mainly to lose weight), BMI>= 35 ii. For metabolic surgery (mainly to treat obesity-related comorbidities such as diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, liver dysfunction, sleep apnea syndrome etc.), BMI>=32 with diabetes or two or more comorbidities other than diabetes.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: (1)Poorly controlled psychiatric illness such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, alcohol abuse and/or drug dependency (2)Multiple suicide attempts or recent suicide attempt (3)Severe intellectual disabilities (4)Patients that the researcher judged to be inappropriate as a research subject
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To assess whether preoperative emotional eating predicts postoperative weight change (percent excess weight loss) during the 2 years of follow-up period | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To identify psychosocial factors affecting preoperative emotional eating | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Public ContactHiroaki Yokoyama
Kyushu University Psychosomatic Medicine
Outcome results
None listed